Iowa Pork Congress

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Iowa Pork Congress

• Feed Transportation, Biosecurity and Regulations
• Jim Rydell
• AFIA
• Arlington, VA

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Topics to be Discussed

• BSE
• Dioxin and Salmonella
• Bioterrorism/Biosecurity
• Codex Alimentarius
• FDAs Animal Feed Safety Program
• AAFCOs Feed Manufacturing Regulations
• AFIAs Food Safety/Feed Safety Certification
  Program
• FCI

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

• FDA published an ANPRM in July. Comments are
  being reviewed
• FDA said it would ban SRM feeding
• No movement yet on a rule, but FDA says its
  target is February
• Compliance rate is still excellent, but firms
  need to remain vigilant.

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BSE

• What approach FDA will take is unclear. On the
  table are dedicated mills, poultry litter, blood
  products and brain/spinal cords
• GAO report next month will likely be unfavorable
  on inspections. Criticizes our use of 99
  compliance
• Really dependent on current USDA sampling an
  finding of any more cases
• Transportation weak link despite 1990
  Transportation Act and Video Program

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Dioxin and Salmonella

• EPAs draft dioxin reassessment being reviewed by
  National Academy of Sciences
• Report due in September and will be media fodder
• Dioxin samples by FDA show very, very low levels
  except in some fish meal
• FDA doesnt seem concerned but may issue an
  industry guidance document

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Dioxin and Salmonella

• To sample or not to sample??
• AFIA believes dioxin is a hazard not reasonably
  likely to occur except in rare problem areas that
  are unknown
• AFIA continues to encourage FDA sampling and
  building a baseline
• However, with sampling comes findings

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Dioxin and Salmonella

• Salmonella comes in and out of feed news
• FDA continues to sample for it in animal and
  marine products and a federal rule says finding
  in those products makes them adulterated
• The rule is not being enforced
• At one point FDA was developing an enforcement
  program
• CDC is still making waves about feed

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Dioxin and Salmonella

• Should firms sample?
• Remember, if samples are taken and several days
  later positives are found, then that firm has
  likely entered an adulterated product into
  commerce
• Although Salmonella can be found in feed, the
  hazards are very rare and sampling is difficult
  to justify

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Bioterrorism/Biosecurity

• FDAs four Bioterrorism Act rules are not final
  and cover
• Registration of Facilities
• Import Notification of Imported Products
• Administrative Detention of products likely to
  cause serious adverse consequences or death in
  humans or animals
• Recordkeeping

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Bioterrorism/Biosecurity

• AFIA has a compliance guide on the first two and
  will hold a webcast and develop a compliance
  guide on the latter two
• Webcast is planned for February on Administrative
  Detention and Recordkeeping
• FDA adopted some of AFIAs comments on
  recordkeeping and these will assist in reducing
  industrys burden

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Bioterrorism/Biosecurity

• AFIA developed a biosecurity awareness guide in
  2001. Guide is an excellent checklist for each
  facility. Topics include
• Facility Security
• Visitor Policy
• Ingredient Integrity
• Product Integrity
• Distribution Product Recall
• Housekeeping
• Employee Selection and Training
• Emergency Response

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Bioterrorism/Biosecurity

• Guide can be found at www.afia.org. It also
  includes a slide presentation in English and
  Spanish
• AFIA continues to work with Homeland Security to
  develop workable controls. Examples XML
  Standard Project, Assessment Project and
  Communication

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Codex Alimentarius

• International standard/guideline setting body for
  consumer health and fair trade practices.
• Ad Hoc Task Force first meeting June 1999
• Completed Animal Feed Code May 2004 that covers
  feed manufacturing, feed ingredients and on-farm
  feeding.
• Will shape countrys direction to regulating
  animal feed, particularly developing countries.

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FDAs Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS)

• FDA is developing AFSS as a long-term project.
  Its a risk-based approach to feed safety and
  will likely result in regulations
• FDAs next meeting will be in April in Kansas
  City Missouri
• Last public meeting was Sept. 2003 and drew over
  200 people
• Rule timeframe appears to be 2006-7.

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AAFCOs Model Feed Manufacturing Regulations

• AAFCO has started a process control initiative
  that involves creation of mandatory feed
  manufacturing rules
• Rules are under review at AAFCOs Midyear Meeting
• AFIA and other groups are assisting
• Whatever is adopted will have to be adopted by
  each state also

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Safe Food/Safe Feed Program

• AFIAs new certification program establishes
  minimum guidelines for safe feed
• Once certified by AFIA, can use seal
• One firm wants to use the seal on their packaged
  meat product. AFIA is securing USDA FSIS
  approval
• Can view program at www.afia.org

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Safe Food/Safe Feed Program
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Facility Certification Institute

• FCI has a new program HACCP auditing is now
  available. Visit FCI website at
  www.certifiedfacility.org to view
• Continuing certification and auditing programs in
  restricted use protein and plasma and hemoglobin

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Thank You!

• 1501 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, VA 22209
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.afia.org
• jrydell_at_afia.org

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